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[quote=Anonymous]Has anyone mentioned that the chips and soda crowd probably live in a food desert and are shopping at a neighborhood convenience store?  That's what it sounds like.  EBT clients should get a newsletter once in a while (by email) giving recipes and prices. Help educate people to make better food choices.

I have a relative who is profoundly disabled move an hour from me.  He is in supportive housing for $740 per month, sharing an apartment with a heretofore stranger.  He receives $960 per month in SSD.  He only got food stamps about six months ago.  It just got reduced to $58 per month.  He just got a letter last week saying Virginia (thanks Youngkin) will stop paying his $125 copay for Medicaid.  If you're counting, he has roughly $95 per month for medicines, personal care, and laundry and food beyond the $58 EBT.  Federal guidelines say a male should spend at least $303 per month but again, they are giving him $58.  He weighs 130 lbs. 
 https://fns-prod.azureedge.us/sites/default/files/resource-files/Cost_Of_Food_Thrifty_Food_Plan_March_2024.pdf

I take him grocery shopping about every two weeks.  I pay for his cell phone.  He's trying to keep his food costs low by using recipes from the USDA website.  Coupon clipping is useless since they are mostly for expensive brand name junk food and highly processed items.  Protein is vital for people and a forever diet of rice, beans and pasta is pretty bad for them and would be terrible for diabetics.   He has never bought sodas or chips or candy in my presence. For protein lately he's been getting whole chicken at Food Lion for $1.29/lb.  and cutting it up to refreeze for several meals.  Dollar Tree sells spices for $1.25 a jar.  We sometimes both look at "Dollar Tree Dinners," on YouTube.  This USDA site has links to recipes.  https://www.nutrition.gov/topics/shopping-cooking-and-meal-planning/recipe-collection  [/quote]

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